Museum Exhibit on Music and Design

Museum Exhibit on Music and Design


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Image Credit: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Dieter Rams and Hans Gugelot; photo: Katherine Du Tiel

This 1956 radio and phonograph player, designed by Hans Gugelot and Dieter Rams, is known as “Snow White’s Coffin.” “Their goal was to create something unobtrusive and minimalist,” says Becker. “And it was a turning point in the revolution of the form of audio products. Most home stereos before that were larger cabinets, pieces of furniture.”



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